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The extracellular acidification rate of the human bone marrow cell line, TF-1, increases rapidly in response to a bolus of recombinant
granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor
(
GM-CSF
). Extracellular acidification rates were measured using a silicon microphysiometer. This instrument contains micro-flow chambers equipped with potentiometric sensors to monitor pH. The cells are immobilized in a fibrin clot sandwiched between two porous polycarbonate membranes. The membranes are part of a disposable plastic "cell capsule" that fits into the microphysiometer flow chamber. The
GM-CSF
activated acidification burst is dose dependent and can be neutralized by pretreating the cytokine with anti-
GM-CSF
antibody. The acidification burst can be resolved kinetically into at least two components. A rapid component of the burst is due to activation of the sodium/proton antiporter as evidenced by its elimination in sodium-free medium and in the presence of amiloride. A slower component of the
GM-CSF
response is a consequence of increased glycolytic metabolism as demonstrated by its dependence on D-glucose as a medium nutrient. Okadaic acid (a phospho-serine/threonine phosphatase inhibitor), phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA, a protein kinase C (PKC) activator), and ionomycin (a calcium ionophore) all produce metabolic bursts in TF-1 cells similar to the
GM-CSF
response. Pretreatment of TF-1 cells with PMA for 18 h resulted in loss of the
GM-CSF
acidification response. Although this treatment is reported to destroy
protein kinase
activity, we demonstrate here that it also down-regulates expression of high-affinity
GM-CSF
receptors on the surface of TF-1 cells. In addition,
GM-CSF
driven TF-1 cell proliferation was decreased after the 18 h PMA treatment. Short-term treatment with PMA (1-2 h) again resulted in loss of the
GM-CSF
acidification response, but without a decrease in expression of high-affinity
GM-CSF
receptors. Evidence for involvement of PKC in
GM-CSF
signal transduction was obtained using calphostin C, a specific inhibitor of PKC, which inhibited the
GM-CSF
metabolic burst at a subtoxic concentration. Genistein and herbimycin A, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, both inhibited the
GM-CSF
response of TF-1 cells, but only at levels high enough to also inhibit stimulation by PMA. These results indicate that
GM-CSF
activated extracellular acidification of TF-1 cells is caused by increases in sodium/proton antiporter activity and glycolysis, through
protein kinase
signalling pathways which can be both activated and down-regulated by PMA.
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PMID:GM-CSF triggers a rapid, glucose dependent extracellular acidification by TF-1 cells: evidence for sodium/proton antiporter and PKC mediated activation of acid production. 767 63
The binding of
granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor
(
GM-CSF
) to its receptor stimulates JAK2 protein kinase activation, protein phosphorylation, and JAK2 association with the beta c chain of the GM-CSF receptor. To better understand how different domains of the JAK2 function to regulate association and phosphorylation of the beta c receptor, the minimal portion of the beta c receptor necessary for JAK2 binding has been determined. Using glutathione S-transferase (GST) fusion proteins expressing different portions of the membrane-proximal domain of the beta c chain, we demonstrate that JAK2 binds to amino acids 458-495, but showed little binding to fusion proteins containing amino acids 483-559, 483-530, or 458-484. The GST-beta c 458-495 bound equally well to the wild type (WT) JAK2, a carboxyl-terminal deletion of JAK2 removing the
protein kinase
domain (amino acids 1000-1129), and a deletion of the kinase-like domain (amino acids 523-746). However, an amino-terminal JAK2 deletion (amino acids 2-239) markedly reduced binding to this GST-beta c. Far Western blotting demonstrated that a GST fusion protein containing amino acids 1-294 of JAK2, but not fusion proteins containing amino acids 295-522, 523-746, or 747-1127, bound GST-beta c 458-559. When the JAK2 WT and deletions were transiently expressed along with the alpha and beta c subunits of the GM-CSF receptor and the cells were treated with
GM-CSF
, the following results were obtained: 1) WT JAK2 phosphorylated the beta c subunit in a
GM-CSF
-dependent manner, 2) the kinase-like domain deletion phosphorylated the beta c subunit, and 3) both the kinase domain deletion and the amino-terminal deletion failed to stimulate phosphorylation of the beta c subunit. Therefore, phosphorylation of the beta c subunit requires the binding of JAK2 through its amino terminus.
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PMID:The amino-terminal portion of the JAK2 protein kinase is necessary for binding and phosphorylation of the granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor receptor beta c chain. 777 38
Interleukin 3 (IL-3) and
granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor
(
GM-CSF
) exert their biological functions through acting on a specific receptor which consists of a ligand-specific alpha subunit and the shared common beta subunit. Inhibition by genistein of a subset of IL-3/
GM-CSF
-mediated signals, including c-myc induction, resulted in the abrogation of DNA synthesis, however, IL-3 still protected cells from apoptotic cell death. Conversely, a C-terminal truncated form of the GM-CSF receptor, which is missing a critical cytoplasmic region required for activation of the Ras/
Raf-1
/MAP kinase pathway, induced DNA synthesis, but failed to prevent cell death in response to
GM-CSF
. Consequently, cells died by apoptosis in the presence of
GM-CSF
, despite displaying a transient mitogenic response. However, expression of activated Ras protein complemented defective signalling through the mutant receptor and supported long-term proliferation in concert with
GM-CSF
. These results indicate that IL-3 and
GM-CSF
prevent apoptosis of hematopoietic cells by activating a signalling pathway distinct from the induction of DNA synthesis and that long-term cell proliferation requires the activation of both pathways.
...
PMID:Suppression of apoptotic death in hematopoietic cells by signalling through the IL-3/GM-CSF receptors. 783 37
NF-GMb is a nuclear factor that binds to the proximal promoter of the human
granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor
(
GM-CSF
) gene. NF-GMb has a subunit molecular weight of 22 kDa, is constitutively expressed in embryonic fibroblasts and binds to sequences within the adjacent CK-1 and
CK-2
elements (CK-1/
CK-2
region), located at approximately -100 in the
GM-CSF
gene promoter. These elements are conserved in haemopoietic growth factor (HGF) genes. NF-GMb binding requires the presence of repeated 5'CAGG3' sequences that overlap the binding sites for positive activators. Surprisingly, NF-GMb was found to bind solely to single-strand DNA, namely the non-coding strand of the
GM-CSF
CK-1/
CK-2
region. NF-GMb may belong to a family of single-strand DNA binding (ssdb) proteins that have 5'CAGG3' sequences within their binding sites. Functional analysis of the proximal
GM-CSF
promoter revealed that sequences in the -114 to -79 region of the promoter containing the NF-GMb binding sites had no intrinsic activity in fibroblasts but could, however, repress tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) inducible expression directed by downstream promoter sequences (-65 to -31). Subsequent mutation analysis showed that sequences involved in repression correlated with those required for NF-GMb binding.
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PMID:A sequence-specific single-strand DNA binding protein that contacts repressor sequences in the human GM-CSF promoter. 793 56
The c-fes protein (NCP92) is a tyrosine-specific
protein kinase
, capable of both autophosphorylation and phosphorylation of other substrates. We have analysed c-fes RNA expression in human/murine ontogenetic development and in homogeneous populations of embryonic and adult human hematopoietic cells. c-fes expression has been observed in rapidly proliferating embryonic-fetal tissues originating from different germinal layers, but not in adult non-hematopoietic tissues. In particular, a spatially and temporally regulated transcription was observed in the central nervous system and in developing cartilage. Expression in hematopoietic cells was evaluated in progenitors purified from embryonic-fetal liver and adult peripheral blood differentiating gradually and specifically along the erythroid or granulomonocytic lineage. In both embryonic and adult hematopoietic cells c-fes was abundantly expressed in undifferentiated progenitors of both lineages, as well as in differentiated granulomonocytic precursors, but not in erythroblasts. This expression pattern correlates with that of
GM-CSF
and in part IL-3 receptors (Testa et al., 1993 and our unpublished results). Altogether, these results suggest a possible role for c-fes in signal transduction, in both embryonic non-hematopoietic tissues and embryonic/adult hematopoietic cells, following interaction of growth factors with their tyrosine-kinase negative receptors (i.e.,
GM-CSF
and IL-3 receptors in adult hematopoietic cells and other hypothetical growth factor(s) receptors during embryonic development.
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PMID:c-fes expression in ontogenetic development and hematopoietic differentiation. 810 16
The high-affinity receptors for
granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor
(
GM-CSF
), interleukin 3 (IL-3) and IL-5 consist of two subunits, alpha and beta. The alpha subunits are specific to each cytokine and the same beta subunit (beta c) is shared by these three receptors. Although none of these receptor subunits has intrinsic kinase activity, these cytokines induce protein tyrosine phosphorylation, activation of Ras,
Raf-1
and MAP kinase, and transcriptional activation of nuclear proto-oncogenes such as c-myc, c-fos and c-jun. In this paper, we describe a detailed analysis of the signaling potential of the beta c subunit by using a series of cytoplasmic deletion mutants. The human beta c consists of 881 amino acid residues. A C-terminal deletion mutant of beta c at amino acid 763 (beta 763) induced phosphorylation of Shc and activation of Ras,
Raf-1
, MAP kinase and p70 S6 kinase, whereas a deletion at amino acid 626 (beta 626) induced none of these effects. The beta 763 mutant, as well as the full-length beta c, induced transcription of c-myc, c-fos and c-jun. Deletions at amino acid 517 (beta 517) and 626 (beta 626) induced c-myc and pim-1, but no induction of c-fos and c-jun was observed.
GM-CSF
increased phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3-K) activity in anti-phosphotyrosine immunoprecipitates from cells expressing beta 763 as well as beta c, whereas it was only marginally increased from cells expressing beta 517 or beta 626. Thus, there are at least two distinct regions within the cytoplasmic domain of beta c that are responsible for different signals, i.e. a membrane proximal region of approximately 60 amino acid residues upstream of Glu517 is essential for induction of c-myc and pim-1, and a distal region of approximately 140 amino acid residues (between Leu626 and Ser763) is required for activation of Ras,
Raf-1
, MAP kinase and p70 S6 kinase, as well as induction of c-fos and c-jun.
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PMID:Signal transduction by the high-affinity GM-CSF receptor: two distinct cytoplasmic regions of the common beta subunit responsible for different signaling. 822 33
Expression of the IL-5 gene in T cells is induced in response to Ag stimulation; however, functional analysis of the IL-5 gene has been limited by lack of an appropriate transfection assay to facilitate measurement of the IL-5 promoter activity in response to T cell activation signals. Here, we describe a transient transfection system with which the IL-5 promoter activity can be assayed quantitatively. Using mouse thymoma line EL-4 cells, which produce several lymphokines including IL-2, IL-3, IL-4, IL-10, and
GM-CSF
in response to PMA, the effect of cAMP on IL-5 production was examined. These cells produce a low level of IL-5 when stimulated with PMA alone; however, N6, O2-dibutyryl cAMP (Bt2cAMP), in combination with PMA, augmented by more than tenfold the IL-5 production at the mRNA and the protein levels. Likewise, a transient transfection assay revealed that Bt2cAMP activated the IL-5 promoter more than tenfold, in a PMA-dependent manner, thereby indicating that two signals, PMA and cAMP, are required for optimal activation of the IL-5 promoter. Activation of the IL-5 promoter in response to Bt2cAMP and PMA depends on the region spanning from nucleotide position -1,200 to +33 relative to the transcription initiation site. Action of cAMP on the IL-5 promoter is mimicked by cotransfection of the expression plasmid containing cDNA encoding the catalytic subunit of
protein kinase A
, hence, cAMP probably exerts its action through the signaling pathway that involves
protein kinase A
. In contrast, Bt2cAMP almost completely inhibited the PMA-dependent activation of the endogenous IL-2 gene as well as the transfected IL-2 promoter. These results indicate that the IL-5 gene in EL-4 cells is positively regulated by cAMP in a manner opposite that for the IL-2 gene.
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PMID:cAMP activates the IL-5 promoter synergistically with phorbol ester through the signaling pathway involving protein kinase A in mouse thymoma line EL-4. 824 56
In the present study, we have investigated the involvement of the cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)-dependent signaling pathway on interleukin-4 (IL-4) gene expression in freshly isolated human T lymphocytes. 2'-0-dibutyryl cAMP (db-cAMP) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) were used to directly and indirectly activate the
protein kinase A
pathway. Northern analysis showed that concanavalin A (Con A)-, anti-CD3 (alpha CD3)-, or anti-CD3 plus anti-CD28 (alpha CD3/alpha CD28)-induced accumulation of IL-4 mRNA was inhibited by db-cAMP (10(-3) mol/L). Db-cAMP showed a steep dose-dependent inhibition; concentrations < or = 10(-4) mol/L did not affect IL-4 mRNA accumulation. In contrast,
GM-CSF
mRNA expression showed a wider dose-dependent range; 10(-5) mol/L db-cAMP still affected
GM-CSF
accumulation. PGE2 inhibited the Con A- and alpha CD3/alpha CD28-induced accumulation of IL-4 mRNA in a dose-dependent fashion. Con A-induced IL-4 mRNA was inhibited by 10(-4) to 10(-7) mol/L PGE2; alpha CD3/alpha CD28-induced IL-4 mRNA was inhibited by 10(-5) to 10(-8) mol/L PGE2. Nuclear run-on experiments showed that the inhibitory effects of db-cAMP and PGE2 were accomplished at transcriptional level in Con A-activated T cells, whereas changes at transcriptional and posttranscriptional level were involved in alpha CD3/alpha CD28-activated T lymphocytes. In contrast to Con A and alpha CD3/alpha CD28 activation, phorbol myristate acetate plus A23187-induced IL-4 mRNA expression was insensitive to the inhibitory effect of db-cAMP and PGE2. Moreover, it appeared that the sensitivity for cAMP-mediated downregulation could not be blocked by stimulation T lymphocytes with alpha CD3/alpha CD28 in the presence of IL-2, IL-7, IL-10, IL-12, or a combination of these cytokines. Finally, it was shown that, in accordance with the mRNA studies, db-cAMP and PGE2 suppressed the IL-4 secretion in Con A- and alpha CD3/alpha CD28-activated T cells. In conclusion, these data show that IL-4 expression is negatively regulated by the
protein kinase A
-dependent signaling pathway by transcriptional and posttranscriptional mechanisms that depend on costimulatory signals.
...
PMID:Interleukin-4 gene expression in activated human T lymphocytes is regulated by the cyclic adenosine monophosphate-dependent signaling pathway. 855 92
While it is well established that
Raf-1
kinase is activated by phosphorylation in growth factor-dependent hematopoietic cell lines stimulated with a variety of hematopoietic growth factors, little is known about the biological effects of
Raf-1
activation on normal hematopoietic cells. Therefore, we examined the requirement for
Raf-1
in growth factor-regulated proliferation and differentiation of hematopoietic cells using c-faf antisense oligonucleotide.
Raf-1
required for the proliferation of growth factor dependent cell lines stimulated by IL-2, IL-3, G-CSF,
GM-CSF
and EPO that bind to the hematopoietin class of receptors.
Raf-1
is also required for the proliferation of cell lines stimulated by growth factors that use the tyrosine kinase containing receptor class, including SLF and CSF-1. In addition,
Raf-1
is also required for IL-6, LIF- and OSM-induced proliferation whose receptors share the gp 130 subunit. In contrast to previous results which demonstrated that IL-4 could not activate
Raf-1
kinase, c-raf antisense oligonucleotides also inhibited IL-4-induced proliferation of T cell and myeloid cell lines. Using normal hematopoietic cells, c-raf antisense oligonucleotides completely suppressed the colony formation of murine hematopoietic progenitors in response to single growth factors, such as IL-3, CSF-1 or
GM-CSF
. Further, c-raf antisense oligonucleotides inhibited the growth of murine progenitors stimulated with synergistic combinations of growth factors (required for primitive progenitor growth) including two, three and four factor combinations. In comparison to murine hematopoietic cells, c-raf antisense oligonucleotides also inhibited both IL-3 and
GM-CSF
-induced colony formation of CD 34+ purified human progenitors. In addition,
Raf-1
is required for the synergistic response of CD 34+ human bone marrow progenitors to multiple cytokines; however, this effect was only observed when additional antisense oligonucleotides were added to the cultures at day 7 of a 14 day assay. Finally,
Raf-1
is required for the synergistic response of human Mo-7e cells and of normal human fetal liver cells to five factor combinations. Thus,
Raf-1
is required to transduce growth factor-induced proliferative signals in factor-dependent progenitor cells lines for all known classes of hematopoietic growth factor receptors, and is required for the growth of normal murine and human bone marrow-derived progenitors.
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PMID:The effect of c-raf antisense oligonucleotides on growth factor-induced proliferation of hematopoietic cells. 858 63
Using chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) as a model, we tested the hypothesis that cytokine-independent growth of leukemia cells results from aberrant activation of cytokine signaling pathways. The STAT5 (signal transducer and activator of transcription) protein, which is activated transiently in normal myeloid cells by cytokines such as
GM-CSF
(
granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor
), was constitutively activated in cell lines derived from CML patients, even in the absence of
GM-CSF
. STAT5 was also activated in primary mouse bone marrow cells acutely transformed by the CML-specific BCR-ABL oncogene, but not by the
serine kinase
oncogene v-MOS. Reconstitution experiments in non-hematopoietic cells show that STAT5 activation by BCR-ABL occurs independent of cytokines. Results using BCR-ABL mutants which specifically uncouple connections to known signal transduction pathways show that STAT5 activation is kinase dependent and correlates directly with ability to confer cytokine independent growth in hematopoietic cells. BCR-ABL also activates JAK kinases, which may provide a mechanism for STAT activation. These findings are consistent with a role for STAT5 in hematopoietic transformation by BCR-ABL.
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PMID:Constitutive activation of STAT5 by the BCR-ABL oncogene in chronic myelogenous leukemia. 871 Mar 63
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